The Portland daily press., 1887-12-06
CITY GOVERNMENT.
A Great Deal of important Business
Transacted
At the Regular Monthly Meeting Held
Last Evening.

At the Regular Monthly Meeting Held
Last Evening.
New Ordinance on offal Passed to
be Engrossed.
The regular monthly meeting OF the city
government was held last evening and much
important business transacted
In Board OF Mayor and Aldermen.
All present, the Mayor presiding. The
following business came before the board,
papers from the lower board receiving con-
current action.
WESTERN CEMETERY.
An ordinance was read twice and ordered
published. The first section forbids, from
the date Of the ordinance, all interments In
Western Cemetery except upon the special
written permit Of the board Of commission
ers of cemeteries and public grounds. The
second section says no such permit shal pc
granted, nor be valid, except Tor the burial
of natives, or those who died residents oI
Portland, and who were az the time OF thelf
death the owners, or members OF the imme-
date families Of owners, OF private lOts IN
that cemetery. The third section authorizes
the Mayor and Aldermen, acting Win the
trustees Of Evergreen Cemetery 70 g1c1anse * EYar
green Cemetery, held by private owners, on
condition of the immediate removal OF the
remains. The last section imposes fine OF
500 for each offence on the undertaken, or
the violator, of this ordinance.
THE CITY DEBT.
An order was passed authorizing the city
treasurer to hire S35,000 for the purpose Of
renewing that portion Of the city debt fall
ing due Jan. /, 1888, amounting to S53,OOO
not provided for by the sinking fund, for not
any time longer time than one year anu az
such rate of interest as Is deemed advisable
by the committee on finance, giving the
cfty's note, or notes, therefor.
PEAKS ISLAND scHooLHoUsE.
An order was passed authorizing the city
treasurer to pay 5000 for repairs on Peaks
Island schoolhouse, this sum to be in addi-
| tion to the sum of $500 expended for that
purpose by order Of the Council October 81,
| the appropriation to be charged to the ap-
| propriations for schools.
~ SANITATION.
The report Of the special committee OF
the board. who. with the board Of health,
were authorized by order Of the City Coun-
| ell. October 30th, to visit Boston and other
cities to examine and study the system Of
| offal collection and disposal, made their re-
| port, which has been published in full in
| the PRESS. The report was read and ac-
| cepted, and the ordinance establishing tne
i health department, which was also pub
/ lished at the time with the report, was read
| twice and passed to be engrossed.
/ Some little discussion ensued on the ordi-
| nance Mr.. Wilson desiring detailed state
| ment Of expense, and Mr.. Smith wishing to
have some idea as to what his constituents
| wanted.
l STREET EXCAVATIONS.
At the November meeting the ordinance on
streets was amended by adding to section IA,
"And no excavations made in accordance
with the license so obtained, shall be re-
filed until the connection made with the pri-
yate, or side drain, with the public sewer,
has been inspected and approved by the
City Civil Engineer, or some one by him au /.
| thorized for the purpose, under penalty OF
not less than five nor more than twenty dol
lars and the ordinance, as amended, was
read twice and passed to be engr0ssed. Last
night it passed to be ordained, the committee
having reported that it was properly en-
crossed.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE.
The ordinance on fire department was
amended at the November meeting by the
City Council, so that it should read that mo
| property connected with the department
shall be taken out of the city unless by or
| der of the Mayor and Chief Engineer" and
| the amendment was read twice and passed
to be engrossed. Inc committee last even
ing reported the ordinance properly engross-
ed, and the ordinance as amended passed to
be ordained.
NEW STREETS ESTABLISHED.
The committee on laying out new streets
reported the following streets as established
according to law, and their report was accept
| ed and orders passed establishing the same
| Huntress Street-From Congress street, oDpO-
site the head Of Lowell street, to mean high wa
ter at Canal Basin, Fore River, and to be forty
Bond street-From School street, west side, to
the easterly side Of Orange street, and 10 be z9H2
Sheridan Street-Beginning at the monument on
the northwesterly corner OF North and Walnut
streets to the Little. Weeks and Moody line, a
well known old property line OF the city, the
| street to be 491z feet wide.
Beach Avenue-From the southerly side OF
| Long island Avenue. Long Island, to high water
| mark on the southerly side Of the island. the
| street to be 40 feet wide.
Central Ayenue-From the easterly side Of Isl
| and Avenue. Peaks Island, TO the gate OF the
cemetery and to be 40 feet wide.
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
The report of the City Clerk of assess
ments on sewers, with the names OF owners
or occupants, etc.. was received and ordered
on file, and an order passed that the assess
ments on the sewers built during 1887, be
| and are, fixed and established and certihed
| to the City Treasurer for collection.
An order was passed that all assessments
on sewers constructed during the municipal
year, to which objection has been made and
which have not been adjusted by the board
are referred to the committee on drains and
sewers, with power to revise, Increase OF
diminish the same, subject to the approval OF
| the MayOr and Aldermen. and their decision
shall be given in writing to the City Clerk
| and be recorded by him and certified 10 the
treasurer for collection.
The sewers reported were on Chatham,
Beckett, Grant, Lincoln, Marion, Spring and
| Vaughan, Stone, Vaughan street extension
and Warren streets.
LICENSES GRANTED.
To John A. Kennedy as pawnbroker,
To Andrew Cross as victuailer, subject tC
City MarshaPs report.
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS.
The petitions of Jones, Garland Il Payson
for permission to erect stationery engine
and boiler at No. 105 Middle street, and Of
| VIM. HAYES, the same on Weymouth street
which had been referred to Chief Engineer
| of the Fire Department were granted.
A communication was received from Chle1
Engineer Cloyes that the engine and boiler
in the .woodenIbuilding No. 50 kennebunk
street, occupied by Geo. III. Scanlon, was, In
his opinion, unsafe and notice was ordered
thereon.
II UNIMPRovED REAL ESTATE.
The City Treasurer was ordered to give q
deed Of lot of city land on the easterly side
Of st. John street, containing 5000 square
feet, to John G. Roberts at 12A cents squar,
foot,tO be paid for in instalments and dwell
ing house to be erected thereon within {
| year.
CLAIMS REFERRED.
OF Daniel Mayberry, for $35 for removing
dead horses from South street in 1885.
OF K. A. Marrett, for 500 for damage t.
} property in his store on Temple street By
| overflow Of sewer.
THE NEW RESERVOIR.
The following petition was presented D.
the Portland Water Company;
TO the Honorable Mayor and CITY Council, Port
land:
, Gentlemen, = The undersigned respectful.
. | represent that at the time Of entering into TN
| contract with the city OF Portland for the con
| struction of reservoir Of not less than 10000,
3 600 gallons capacity on Muni0y Hill, they intend
| ed to select the land bounded by North, Walnut
Willis and Montreal streets for Its location an'
, | purchased part of the property within thes
| limits for that purpose
, | 1t was found however, that the reservoir, !
constructed on this lot, would contain less tha
| $1,000, 900 gallons Of water; consequently the
- lof